The wedding goes on without us ;: Including Bury me naked by Raymond Downing (2002-01-01) - Softcover

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Thee author is an American physician who worked for 7 years in Appalachia followed by 16 years in Africa. He now works for the Indian Health Service on the Navajo Reservation.

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Some of us see poverty as an embarrassment, others as a curse, still others as a scandal. We may not hope to completely eliminate it, but many of us would like to reduce it, and are working in 'anti-poverty' efforts. This is honorable work, and much has been written about it.

The problem is that focusing on poverty focuses, of course, on what people don't have. It is not bad to address their poverty, but this gives an incomplete view of them because it does not tell us what they do have. the author's experiences in 'poverty medicine' have taught him this, and he has written his story to suggest another perspective for anti-poverty efforts.

Written as two stories, this book supplements conventional approaches to poverty by acknowledging, in tribute, the wisdom of Africa in the process.